Browsing by Subject "Basal Ganglia"
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Basal ganglia function, stuttering, sequencing, and repair in adult songbirds.
(Sci Rep, 2014-10-13)A pallial-basal-ganglia-thalamic-pallial loop in songbirds is involved in vocal motor learning. Damage to its basal ganglia part, Area X, in adult zebra finches has been noted to have no strong effects on song and its function ... -
Basal Ganglia Regulation of Motivated Behaviors
(2015)Finding and consuming food and water are among the most critical functions for an animal's survival. Food seeking (e.g., exploration and approach) and consummatory (e.g., licking, chewing, swallowing) behaviors are usually ... -
Early onset of deafening-induced song deterioration and differential requirements of the pallial-basal ganglia vocal pathway.
(Eur J Neurosci, 2008-12)Similar to humans, songbirds rely on auditory feedback to maintain the acoustic and sequence structure of adult learned vocalizations. When songbirds are deafened, the learned features of song, such as syllable structure ... -
Neural Dynamics in the Basal Ganglia Underlying Birdsong Practice and Performance
(2021)Skilled movements are typically more variable during practice, promoting exploration, yet highly stereotyped during performance, favoring exploitation. How neurons encode and dynamically regulate motor variability across ... -
Social context-dependent singing-regulated dopamine.
(J Neurosci, 2006-08-30)Like the mammalian striatum, the songbird striatum receives dense dopaminergic input from the midbrain ventral tegmental area-substantia nigra pars compacta complex. The songbird striatum also contains a unique vocal nucleus, ... -
The pallial basal ganglia pathway modulates the behaviorally driven gene expression of the motor pathway.
(Eur J Neurosci, 2007-04)The discrete neural network for songbird vocal communication provides an effective system to study neural mechanisms of learned motor behaviors in vertebrates. This system consists of two pathways--a vocal motor pathway ... -
White Matter Tract Changes Associated with Clinical Improvement in an Open-Label Trial Assessing Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood for Treatment of Young Children with Autism.
(Stem cells translational medicine, 2019-02)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social communication deficits and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. We have previously reported ...
